Ancestors Are Watching: Ritual and Governance at Peck San Theng, a Chinese Afterlife Care Organization in Singapore
Kwong Wai Siew Peck San Theng 新加坡廣惠肇碧山亭 (hereafter PST) is a non-profit organization registered under Singapore’s Societies Ordinance, founded in 1870 by Chinese immigrants from three prefectures of Guangdong province: Guangzhou 廣州, Zhaoqing 肇慶 and Huizhou 惠州. Until the mid-1970s, it managed more th...
Main Author: | Chi-cheung Choi |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2020-07-01
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Series: | Religions |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/11/8/382 |
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